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Southern Company

30 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, 30308, United States

Overview

With 4.4 million customers and more than 42,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company is the premier energy company serving the Southeast. A leading U.S. producer of electricity, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications. Southern Company brands are known for excellent customer service, high reliability and retail electric prices that are significantly below the national average. Southern Company has been listed the top ranking U.S. electric service provider in customer satisfaction for nine consecutive years by the American Customer Satisfaction Index.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
9

Sector focus

  • Wireless
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Investment portfolio

  • Advanced Microgrid Solutions

    Led · Series B · Jul 2017

    Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) builds the Armada platform, which uses cloud-based analytics and advanced energy storage to continuously optimize the financial performance of customer-sited energy resources and aggregate them into dispatchable portfolios for utilities. The company offers services to end-use customers and utilities, enabling optimized dispatch and participation in utility markets. AMS plans to use new funding to scale deployments and expand its platform services into new markets. The round increases the company’s total funding to $52M, reflecting ongoing investment in its commercial growth. AMS is led by CEO Susan Kennedy and maintains offices in San Francisco, New York, Austin, and Boston. The article does not disclose operating metrics such as revenue or user counts.

Team

  • Kimberly S. Greene

    Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer

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  • James Mitchell

    Founder

  • Harry Nuttall

    System Air Director Manned and Unmanned

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  • Tami Barron

    VP Supply Chain Management

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